Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.

He who has fostered the sweet poison of love by fondling it, finds it too late to refuse the yoke which he has of his own accord assumed.

The best way to do good to ourselves is to do it to others; the right way to gather is to scatter.

You cannot, I repeat, successfully acquire it and preserve your modesty at the same time.

To be everywhere is to be nowhere.

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

What difference does it make how much there is laid away in a man's safe or in his barns, how many head of stock he grazes or how much capital he puts out at interest, if he is always after what is another's and only counts what he has yet to get, never what he has already. You ask what is the proper limit to a person's wealth? First, having what is essential, and second, having what is enough.